English Explanatory Dictionary

cankered

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part.
  2. Ulcerated.
  3. Corrupted; morally corrupt.
  4. Bad-tempered.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of canker

Word forms

cankered more cankered most cankered cankred

Etymology

From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed.

Derived words

cankeredly cankeredness uncankered
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